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following results : — Character : transparent, colourless, and tasteless ; decidedly 

 alkaline to test-paper. A flocculent precipitate had settled, the amount of 

 which was equal to 2"11 grains upon the gallon, and principally silica. The 

 quantity of water was too small to allow of a proper analysis ; but the total 

 of fixed matters in solution was equal to 86 '4 grains per gallon, of which only 

 2 '88 grains was silica. The remainder was alkaline chlorides and siilphates, 

 but carbonate and sulphate of lime was present in moderate quantity, and 

 the chlorides of magnesium and iron in much smaller proportion. Iodine was 

 tested for with negative results, but it could hardly be discovered in so small 

 a sample, unless present in notable quantity."* 



* The diiference in the temperature of these springs as observed on this occasion 

 from that recorded by Dr. Haast, appears to indicate that they are intermittent and 

 variable in their temperature. — Ed. 



